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Crawley, West Sussex

Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous Q1.
  • Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Crawley when compared to any quarter in history.
  • March 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous March.
  • February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous February.
  • February 2012 was a record month for company registrations in Crawley when compared to any month in history.
  • January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous January.
  • February 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Crawley when compared to any previous February.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous Q1.

    Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Crawley when compared to any quarter in history.

    A total of 225 companies were registered in Crawley during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 39.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)CrawleyUK
    2012225131,491
    2011161116,391
    % change39.8%13.0%
    Record Year 2012 (225) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    March 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous March.

    February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous February.

    February 2012 was a record month for company registrations in Crawley when compared to any month in history.

    January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous January.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2012608382
    New companies in 2011554858
    % change9.1%72.9%41.4%
    Record Year2012 (60)2012 (83)2012 (82)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 112 companies were dissolved in Crawley during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 19.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)CrawleyUK
    201211267,576
    201113990,987
    % change-19.4%-25.7%
    Record Year 2010 (151) 2009 (108,065)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2012314338
    Closed companies in 2011544045
    % change-42.6%7.5%-16%
    Record Year2011 (54)2010 (56)2009 (79)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    Net company growth for Crawley during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 113 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)CrawleyUK
    201211363,915
    20112225,404
    Record Year 2007 (115) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    February 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Crawley when compared to any previous February.

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2012294044
    Net growth in 20111813
    Record Year2007 (32)2012 (40)2007 (48)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    In the first quarter of 2012, Crawley formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)Crawley
    20120.2%
    20110.1%
    20100.1%
    20090.1%
    20080.1%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1978 (0.3%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20120.2%0.2%0.2%
    UK formation share in 20110.2%0.1%0.1%
    % change-6.4%47.9%32.3%
    Record Year1968 (0.5%)1966 (0.4%)1978 (0.4%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 41.4.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Crawley was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

    22.4% of all director appointments in Crawley in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)

    Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING1.63%CONSULTING5.07%
    CONSULTANCY1.54%MANAGEMENT4.74%
    ENGINEERING0.94%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    MANAGEMENT0.86%PROPERTY2.37%
    CRAWLEY0.86%TRADING2.07%
    CONSULTANTS0.77%DESIGN1.93%
    BUSINESS0.68%ENGINEERING1.86%
    GATWICK0.68%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    PARKING0.68%CONSULTANTS1.79%
    GLOBAL0.68%BUSINESS1.73%
    TRADING0.60%MEDIA1.72%
    ASSOCIATES0.60%CONSTRUCTION1.72%
    SYSTEMS0.60%LONDON1.66%
    IT0.60%J1.54%
    HOLDINGS0.60%INVESTMENTS1.51%
    MEDIA0.51%GLOBAL1.50%
    AUTO0.51%IT1.40%
    LONDON0.51%CARE1.34%
    TECHNOLOGIES0.51%PROPERTIES1.31%
    PROPERTY0.51%ELECTRICAL1.27%
    HOMES0.51%M1.27%
    PROMOTIONS0.51%BUILDING1.24%
    SERVICE0.51%ENERGY1.20%
    CARS0.43%S1.20%
    DIRECT0.43%ENTERPRISES1.19%

SIC Data

  1. Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied320216,665
    7487 - Other business activities4852,735
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified3635,233
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities3314,303
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management2219,704
    99999 - Dormant Company2225,084
    7414 - Business & management consultancy2012,113
    9999 - Dormant Company2018,617
    74990 - Non-trading company189,729
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply166,934
    9305 - Other service activities168,818
    7260 - Other computer related activities147,154
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified139,892
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified1313,637
    62090 - Other information technology service activities118,145
    7499 - Non-trading company119,102
    43210 - Electrical installation113,573
    70100 - Activities of head offices112,746
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet103,439
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities94,132

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07894943 HAWANN LTD 03 Jan 2012
    07896057 SBI SYSTEMS LIMITED 03 Jan 2012
    07896402 FINANCIAL AMBITIONS (2012) CO LTD 04 Jan 2012
    07901303 CROWN SYSTEMS LTD 09 Jan 2012
    07904346 SPIAGGIA LTD 10 Jan 2012
    07905170 MANSELL MCTAGGART COPTHORNE LTD 11 Jan 2012
    07908497 MARCUS KNIGHTLY LTD 13 Jan 2012
    07911545 CLOSE QUARTER SPECIALISTS LTD 16 Jan 2012
    07912740 SG ADVANTAGE LIMITED 17 Jan 2012
    07913368 PROTECTWISE LTD 17 Jan 2012
    07916983 FINANCE & BUSINESS TRAINING LONDON LIMITED 19 Jan 2012
    07917626 FOODDJ LTD 20 Jan 2012
    07923444 ACCESS AVIATION LIMITED 25 Jan 2012
    07924542 AUTOMOTIVE TRIM DESIGNS LTD 26 Jan 2012
    07924923 TMA BUILDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED 26 Jan 2012
    07927400 LIONFISH ANALYTICS LIMITED 27 Jan 2012
    07901499 WILL POWER FITNESS LTD 09 Jan 2012
    07902752 CIS NET SOLUTIONS LTD 09 Jan 2012
    07910966 O.C.S. FORESTRY UK LIMITED 16 Jan 2012
    07913429 BLUE CLOUD CONSULTANTS LIMITED 17 Jan 2012
    07913822 MAHAVIR CONSULTANCY LIMITED 18 Jan 2012
    07915474 R&TC LTD 19 Jan 2012
    07919753 SOMEONE TO CARE LIMITED 23 Jan 2012
    07925138 ROSHTRADERS LTD 26 Jan 2012
    07929457 FANZ2012 LTD 31 Jan 2012